Serial NYPD Masturbator; Fate Of 'Fearless Girl'; Drugs Stuffed In Dog Crate: PM Digest

NEW YORK, NY — Here are the top 10 local news stories to talk about by dinnertime on Monday, March 27, as pulled from our 28 neighborhood Patch sites across NYC.

Brooklyn NYPD Detective Accused Of Masturbating While Peering Into Girls' Windows

Alleged serial masturbator Robert Francis, 46, has been working as an NYPD detective in Crown Heights and Lefferts Gardens for 17 years.

Bed-Stuy Brownstone Sells For $3.3 Million — A New Record For The Neighborhood

See the crazy interior renovations that pushed 1 Verona Place past the standing $3 million record.

NYPD Officer Who Killed Unarmed Black Man Ramarley Graham Quits His Job

Richard Haste, the white police officer who shot and killed Graham, has resigned from the NYPD after a higher-up recommended he be fired.

'Fearless Girl' Statue Will Stay On Wall Street For Another Year

Wall Street's second most famous statue will stand her ground through February 2018, Mayor Bill de Blasio says.

Brooklyn Manhole Fire Fills Streets With Thick Smoke, Carbon Monoxide

An underground electrical fire wreaked havoc in Ditmas Park this morning.

New Yorkers To Melania Trump: Pay Up Or Move Out

Thousands have signed a petition asking First Lady Melania Trump to move to D.C. — or foot the city's Trump Tower security bill herself.

Washington Heights Hit-And-Run Driver Kills 1, Critically Injures 2

The tractor-trailer driver slammed into a vehicle on the Cross Bronx Expressway in the wee hours this morning — then fled the scene, police say. He was later arrested at a New Jersey rest stop.

NYC's Homophobic, Anti-Obama Graffiti Vandal Strikes Again

For the third time this month.

Queens Church Offers To Help Refugees, Undocumented Immigrants

While leaders at the Forest Hills church say they can't house anyone on site, they want to do what they can to help refugees and immigrants find long-term housing and legal assistance.

$1 Million Worth Of Heroin Shipped To JFK In Dog Crate

Two men were arrested when they tried to retrieve the 22-pound load from the airport, police say.